Friday, September 28, 2012

'Samir'-The Story of Hope

My visit to Dalla Homestay this time from 22-24 September, 2012 brought different scenarios and emotions thereafter. One of the very illustrative is my meeting with SAMIR ! Samir, I met him quite accidentally on that day. It was indeed a general walk through the Khata corridor and some general observations of the area.  He was sitting beside the fire when I met him in the foggy morning. As any other day I would have talked to any kid, I started my talk with him asking doesn't he have school ? 'It's...

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Dalla Homestay, through my eyes

Its been three times in the past 10 months I have visited Dalla and every time I come to this place there's always a new flavor in the same story of CONSERVATION. Conservation the word in itself is very vast and its meaning more grounded. But seeing Dalla, the village; Shiva, The Community forest; and Mangal Tharu, the leader and the way people are dedicated to conservation is the real example of what naturalists define conservation as "the...

Sunday, September 02, 2012

Memories Down the Lane..[The Sunscreen Song]

09 May 2011 Naya Baato, Sanepa, Kathmandu It was one of the regular afternoons when we were having our lunch, and discussing on several topics. Lunch time with different discussions used to be the best part of the day at Resources Himalaya Foundation (RHF) with Pralad Sir (Dr. Pralad B. Yonzon).  As any other day, that day talks about the "Sunscreen speech" popped on. One of our colleagues at the Environmental Graduates in Himalaya (EGH), Mr. Anuj Pradhan started the talk and there we went having further discussions.  The very...